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Capite

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CAPITE, descents. By the head. Distribution or succession per capita, is said to take place when every one of the kindred in equal degree, and not jure representationis, receive an equal part of an estate.
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xix, quodammodo pro scuto habet coelum sidereum astris ornatum: sic, Rex Francorum Ecclesiae paranimphus, pro gloria Christi scutum fert nobilissimum: in quo, aurea lilia quasi astra in sereno coelo fulgere videatur: ut etiam ex coeli altitudine sue dignitatis regalis sublimitas dignoscatur," 21-22; "Ex alio etiam capite, Arma Christianiss.
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Hers says, "Leva ejus sub capite meo, et dextera illius amplexabitur me," (His left hand is under my head and his right hand will embrace me--Cant.
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The nova is listed in contemporary records as nova sub capite cygni, the nova under the head of the swan.
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